Corset.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

W.'F. BROOKS.

CORSET. APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

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CORSET.

APPLIGATION FILED nov, 1a, 1905.

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1 UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. BROOKS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BROOKSCORSET CO., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

CORSET.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed November 13 1905. Serial No 287050.

To rail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BRooKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corsets; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1 a perspective view of a corset constructed in.accordance withmy invention; Fig. '2, a side view of one-half of a corset laid flat;Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line a b of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a sectionalview on the line 0 d of Fig. 2. a

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, and particularly tosuch as are partially finished and which are adapted to be fitted to thewearer before all of the seams are closed, and is an improvement on thecorset shown and described in Patent No. 794,698, granted to me July 11,1905.

In order to equalize the strain upon the sections, strips of materialwere attached to the edges of the sections to which tapes wereconnected; but in fitting a corset to a person with a full figure it isdifficult to draw the overlapping sections to the right curvature.

The object of this invention is to provide a partially-finished corsetwith steel pockets at the edges of the detached sections, whereby thoseedges may be conveniently drawn to proper position; and the inventionconsists in the construction hereinafter described and particularlyrecited in the claim.

In illustrating my invention I have shown a corset similar to the oneshown in my previous patent; but it will be understood that the cut andnumber of sections of the corset may be varied at will.

As herein shown, the corset comprises a front section 2, a back section3, and side section 4, and these sections are firmly united at a fixedline and preferably at the waistline. While the forward portion of thebuskgore 5 is separated from the edge 6 of the upper front of thecorset, the upper portion 7 and lower portion 8 of the rear edges of thefront section 2 are detached from the corresponding edges of the sidesection 4, while the lower portion 9 of the back section 3 is detachedfrom the corresponding edge of the side section 4. In the edges 6, 7, 8,and 9, which overlap the adjacent sections, I form narrow pockets 10,11, 12, and 13, into which I insert short pieces of steel 14, and by theterm steel I wish to be understood as including bone, reeds, and suchother stiffening material as is commonly employed for stiffeningcorsets. The detached edges are provided with tapes 15, so that they maybe drawn together in the same manner as in the previous patent.

A corset thus constructed is placed upon the person to whom it is to befitted and the unfinished sections drawn together to the desired extent.By drawing upon the tapes the strain is taken by the steels, whichconform to the figure of the person being fitted, and when so drawn thecurvature may be indicated by a light line or other mark upon thegarment. The steels are then removed from the pockets and the .garmentclosed along the lines indicated by the fitter. By employing the steelsa more perfect fit is secured than is possible where the edges of theoverlapping sections yield at one point more than the otherthat is,without the steels the goods are liable to stretch and so that thestrain upon the overlapping sections is unequal.

I claim A corset having its sections united by a fixed line, portions ofthe sections beyond a fixed line overlapping the adjacent sections butdetached therefrom, the edges of said overlapping sections formed withpockets, and steels located in said pockets from which they areadaptedto be removed after fitting, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the ingwitnesses.

WM. F. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

FREDERIO C. EARLE, CLARA L. WEED.

presence of two subscrib-

